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Berkeley Global
This is the first course of a two-course sequence that introduces the knowledge and skills required to advise students in the transition from high school to college. Emphasis is placed both on acquiring specific knowledge of colleges and the admissions process and on becoming ethical, skilled practitioners in a rapidly changing profession.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Describe the knowledge and skills required to provide college counseling in the high school setting.
- Identify specified legal and ethical issues in college counseling.
- Define important terms used in college counseling.
- Demonstrate how to research a college using public sources, campus visits, and admission officer meetings.
- Identify the primary factors utilized in admissions decisions for a variety of college types, locations, and selectivity and be able to give a national and local example of each.
- Describe the roles of various people in the college admissions process.
- Explain the types of standardized tests used in admissions decisions, provide key differences between them, and describe how you will advise students in terms of testing strategies.
- Explain the importance of student essays in admissions decisions and the roles counselors and independent counselors can play in essay development.
- Describe the admissions requirements and process for the state systems in your own state, and selected other colleges and universities that are popular destinations for your students.
What You Learn
- Teenage brain development and impact on decision making.
- College reports and campus visit report
- Working with parents, teachers, school counselors, independent educational consultants and others
- Student and advisor tasks in the college admissions process
- Factors utilized in admissions decisions
- College fit considerations
- Application platforms and types
- Advising students regarding admissions testing
- College admissions essays
- Management and document delivery software, including Naviance
- Counselor and teacher recommendation letters
- Professional associations
How You Learn
- Lectures
- Readings
- College reports
- Campus visit
- Internet research
- Quizzes
- Assignments
- Mock admissions panel
- Video and audio interviews with industry experts
- Book club
- Interview with a teen
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Sections
Spring 2025 enrollment opens on October 21!